[funsec] AOL Charged With Blocking Opponents' e-Mail

[sprite]

Would this 'charge' be for emails that are replying to emails initiated by 
the AOL user, or to emails that are initiated by the remote address?

If the AOL user has sent an email to someone, one would assume the reply
would be a known, welcome user, and should not have to be charged for.

/me waits to see AOL die a terrible death from this.... 
... but then I saw some banks in Chicago add a $3 teller charge for the
privilege of being served by a live teller, that was free the day before,
and people did not immediately move their money out in droves... so, I
guess people can be sold anything.

sprite

On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Fergie wrote:

> Via C|Net News.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> America Online on Thursday apparently began blocking subscribers from sending or receiving e-mail containing the Web address of a petition against the company's upcoming certified-mail program.
> 
> The Internet service provider, which has roughly 20 million subscribers in the United States, began bouncing e-mail communications with the URL "Dearaol.com" sometime early Thursday, according to nonprofit MoveOn.org.
> 
> A e-mail sent by CNET News.com to an AOL.com address and containing the URL "www.dearaol.com" bounced back on Thursday afternoon with a system administrator note that read: "The e-mail system was unable to deliver the message, but did not report a specific reason."
> 
> Dearaol.com is a coalition of companies and individuals against AOL's adoption of GoodMail's CertifiedEmail, an antispam program that requires marketers to pay to ensure delivery of their e-mail messages and circumvent spam filters. The Web site contains an open letter and a petition that calls on people to protest what it calls an "e-mail tax" that would inhibit the Internet's inherent free flow of information and create a two-tiered system.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> More:
> http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6061089.html
> 
> - ferg
> 
> 
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